Guide to the Papers of Frank Brennan, 1966-2003
Collection context
Summary
- Collection number:
- MS 3657 and MS Acc09.050
- Creator:
- Frank Brennan
- Extent:
- 2.17 metres and (14 boxes, 1 packet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
- Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], National Library of Australia, Papers of Frank Brennan, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
- Availability:
- Available
- Access conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
Background
- Content Summary:
- Correspondence, with letters from Rolland O'Regan, Senator Condon Byrne, Colin Clark and Rae Else-Mitchell; press cuttings; copies of an essay titled "History and problems of Canberra's residential leasehold system of land tenure"; drafts of Canberra in crisis: a history of land tenure and leasehold administration (Dalton Publishing Co., 1971), and, Decentralisation in Australia: a task for the Commonwealth (The Author, 1972); further letters and drafts and material relating to the land question in Canberra 1971-1972.
- Biographical Note:
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Lawyer and public servant. Frank Brennan served in the army during World War II and afterwards in the Occupation Forces in Japan. He completed a law degree after the war and moved to Canberra in 1956 to join the public service. In 1987 Brennan left the public service to set up a conveyancing practice.
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Frank Brennan
Access and use
- Conditions Governing Access:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2243742).
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Preferred citation:
- Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], National Library of Australia, Papers of Frank Brennan, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
- Contact: